1. |
The Sound of the Shell
03:27
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I saw a scar ripping the jungle,
Then came the littluns from the crack.
Meek survivors of the crash,
Manhood coming with a blast,
On this rock sent like god’s dice.
The coasts of nowhere,
British boys castaway.
On the coasts of nowhere,
We got lost to meet our fate
The fat one moaned behind his glasses :
« Let’s gather round this brand new tribe »
Unfortunate family,
I need you and you need me,
We’ll find a way, we’re civilized.
The coasts of nowhere,
British boys castaway.
On the coasts of nowhere,
We got lost to meet our fate
And for the call, i’ll use this shell...
And we may stay here ‘till we die…
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2. |
Fire on the Mountain
04:30
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Meeting on the morning,
The first day of a new life.
Swapping breath for words,
No houses, no home,
No footprints, no boats,
We’ll claim this land is ours.
On this island,
Between foes and friends,
We’ll make a fire on the mountain.
On this island,
With our childish hands,
We’ll light a fire on the mountain.
Discipline for rescue,
We’ve got to have some rules.
Aren’t we the best at everything ?
Common bonds will right the wrongs,
We’re heading for our destiny.
On this island,
Between foes and friends,
We’ll make a fire on the mountain.
On this island,
With our childish hands,
We’ll light a fire on the mountain.
Fate awaits, fate awaits,
now we’re not children anymore.
A deeper fire is born.
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Heir landmarks vanish now they’re lost,
Save law and order at all cost.
Scan the sea, explore the land,
You’ll learn dark things about yourself.
Spread white clay and blood.
As we know nature never lies,
Just like the mad spark in their eyes.
With painted faces they shall grow,
Into the wild, latent animals.
Spread white clay and blood.
On they sing :
« kill the pig !
Cut her throat !
Bash her in ! »
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This fragile thing,
That’s wearing thin.
Good times have been,
Replaced by sour winds.
These looks have changed.
Can’t help but think,
What is a face ?
And so what is anything ?
If we have the key,
Please tell us where’s the door,
To leave these haunted shores...
Whenever we doze, a danger’s coming close,
Whenever we doze, a danger’s coming close...
Nightmares begin,
Through noise and shapes.
A beast somewhere,
Coming out of water and air.
True face of fear,
Kids disappear.
If less is more,
Then they probably got it all.
If we have the key,
Please tell us where’s the door,
To leave these haunted shores...
Whenever we doze, a danger’s coming close,
Whenever we doze, a danger’s coming close.
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5. |
Shadows and Tall Trees
06:23
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There, tearing our shirts, covered in dirt, facing the sun.
Sent through shadows and trees, tracking a beast we’d better shun.
But are these rash boys the same as before ?
And can we get back to where we come from ?
All in all, questions will swell
How to let go ? How to behave ?
Pay no mind to heaven, to hell,
Freer than anyone.
Feel, the pleasure to hunt, desire to hurt, a savage impulse.
See, the ominous signs, the wretched tides in which we’re engulfed.
But are these frail boys the slaves of their sins ?
And are we killing boars just to get game ?
All in all, questions will swell,
How to let go ? how to behave ?
Pay no mind to heaven, to hell,
Freer than anyone.
« Let us, in a word,
Instead of turning our forces against ourselves,
Collect them in a supreme power which may govern us by wise laws,
Protect and defend all the members of the association,
Repulse their common enemies,
And maintain eternal harmony among us. » *
Trapped by the ocean,
Miles of division,
Heirs of the wild land,
Ready to break...
* Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes", 1755
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6. |
Gift for the Darkness
05:50
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A blind terror is haunting their mind,
As the link between all of them withers.
Resignation or the thrill of the hunt,
The illusion of standing together.
And so they blow,
On the cinders of a primitive past.
The blood will flow,
As a gift for the darkness.
A new leader is driven by rage,
And the power of the conch is fading.
This kingdom was built on wet sand,
No rules will save them from themselves.
And so they blow,
On the cinders of a primitive past.
The blood will flow,
As a gift for the darkness.
Small hands grip the spears ,
Instinct will prevail.
Pig killed, severed head,
Forces of the night.
Staring at this head, The beast is a god to beg,
A semblance of a pagan rite.
« But i’m a part of you, And i was here right from the start »,
Thus spoke the lord of the flies...
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7. |
View to a Death
07:54
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Dark realm, no inch of love.
No peace in store, inside out.
Down here, flies blacken the Lord.
His sentence will come, this very day.
The forest will beckon the damned,
The slow walk of death.
Like this body entangled and maimed,
A puppet rotting away.
The forest will beckon the damned,
The slow walk of death.
Like this body entangled and maimed...
Thin smoke, climb to the sky,
The meeting is nigh, and they got to know.
Harmless, the beast in the trees,
The shape of their fears, is a frozen dead man.
The forest will beckon the damned,
The slow walk of death.
Like this body entangled and maimed,
A puppet rotting away.
The forest will beckon the damned,
The slow walk of death.
Like this body entangled and maimed...
The idol was sat, glowing with might.
Among flowers, green leaves and meat
the king on his throne, ruling alone,
They cannot escape his grip…
Frenzy fueled by fire,
And the cries ,
feasting on the madness,
Of the night .
Funeral chants, blight the air.
Funeral chants, raise the spears
Body floating, guilty waters
Wrapped… in the red shroud of death,
In the cold world they’ve made.
Fury and screams,
Body floating, childhood is now drowned.
Oh… Dissolved in the open sea
Drifted away
Silent waves, take him away...
Take him away…
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8. |
Cry of the Hunters
12:56
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Wanted and hunted down,
Beware the lamb of god.
I’m frightened of all of us,
The ghosts of castle rock.
On and on they play a game of death.
And i can’t wash the bloodstains in my head.
On and on they hurt and they don’t spare.
The weapons of tyranny in their hands.
I am hunted down by the lambs of god,
I am hunted down by the lambs of god...
I turned around and almost nothing is saved.
I look away and almost nothing is gained.
I look at my feet and I’m sinking in mud.
I look at the sky and I can see no sun.
Hunched down in a hole,
The hunters they won’t see me.
Far from their eyes and the reek of their crimes,
Safer here with my dreams.
Hunched down in a hole,
A new game for them to kill.
The land is on fire, fear and flames getting higher,
What will become of me ?
Boys will be boys, with fangs and claws.
The hand that feeds is flesh and bones.
The days of bliss, I can’t recall.
The peace of wild things is no more.
Boys will be boys, with fangs and claws.
The hand that feeds is flesh and bones.
The days of bliss, I can’t recall.
Boys will kill boys…
Wanted and hunted down,
Beware the lamb of god.
I’m frightened of all of us,
The ghosts of castle rock...
All the things I’ve seen,
This evil burst in spades.
Rooted in the skin,
Of a silly human race.
All the tears I shed,
For my murdered friend.
For the end of innocence,
For hearts lost in darkness...
Home…
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Silver Machine Jonzac, France
Founded in the summer of 2012, Silver Machine originally was the classic heavy metal outlet for members with backgrounds mostly in black and death metal, but things escalated quickly, lines blurred, and here we are ...
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